Honors and Awards

  1. ACM Distinguished Scientist, 2019
  2. Outstanding Electrical Engineer Professor Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, 2019
  3. JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan, 2019
  4. 2nd Place, ACM TAU Timing Contest, US, 2018
  5. Faculty Research Award, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2017
  6. International Visiting Research Scholar, The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, The University of British Columbia, Canada, 2017
  7. Observational Research Award, Pan Wen Yuan Foundation, Taiwan, 2017
  8. The Young Scholars’ Creativity Award, The Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, Taiwan, 2016
  9. IEEE CAS Distinguished Lecturer, 2016
  10. ACM Distinguished Speaker, 2014
  11. Hans Fischer Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2014
  12. JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan,2014
  13. Award for Junior Research Investigators, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2014
  14. Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, 2013
  15. NCKU K. T. Li Research Award, Delta Research Foundation, Taiwan, 2013
  16. IEEE Distinguished Visitor (Asia and Pacific), IEEE Computer Society (2013~2015), 2013
  17. Dr. Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, National Science Council, Taiwan, 2012
  18. Excellent Innovative Young Scholar Award, Taiwan Comprehensive University System, 2012
  19. Distinguished Young Scholar Award, Taiwan IC Design Society, 2012
  20. Excellent Young Researcher Project Award, National Science Council, Taiwan, 2012
  21. K. T. Li Young Scholar Research Award, ACM Taipei Section, 2012
  22. Best GOLD Member Award, IEEE Tainan Section, 2011
  23. Excellent Teaching Award, National Cheng Kung University, 2011
  24. Hildegard Maier Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2011
  25. JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan, 2011
  26. Dragon Thesis Award, ACER Foundation, Taiwan, 2005
  27. Lam Research Award, Lam Research Foundation, US, 2005
  28. Best Thesis Award, Institute of Information and Computer Machinery, Taiwan, 2005
  29. 2nd Place, CAD Programming Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2003
  30. 1st Place, CAD Programming Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2002

Best Paper Awards (and Nomination)

  1. Best Paper Award, Synthesis and System Integration of Mixed Information Technologies, 2016
  2. Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2015
  3. Best Paper Award, IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2013
  4. Best Paper Award, International Conference on Eco Computing and Communication Systems, 2013
  5. Best Paper Award, Synthesis and System Integration of Mixed Information Technologies, 2012
  6. Best Paper Nomination, ACM/IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe, 2019
  7. Best Paper Nomination, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 2015
  8. Best Paper Nomination, IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, 2015
  9. Best Paper Nomination, IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2014
  10. Best Paper Nomination, IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, 2014
  11. Best Paper Nomination, IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, 2012
  12. Best Paper Nomination, IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, 2011
  13. Best Paper Nomination, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, 2005

Student Awards (received by students under my supervision)

  1. 2nd Place, ACM TAU Timing Contest, US, 2018
  2. 2nd Place Thesis Award, Taiwan Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Taiwan, 2015
  3. Best Thesis Award, Institute of Information and Computer Machinery, Taiwan, 2014
  4. Best Thesis Award, Institute of Information and Computer Machinery, Taiwan, 2013
  5. 3rd Place Thesis Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Taiwan, 2013
  6. 1st Place Thesis Award (Electronic Engineering), Chinese Institute of Engineering, Taiwan, 2013
  7. 1st Place Thesis Award (Computer Science), Chinese Institute of Engineering, Taiwan, 2013
  8. 3rd Place Thesis Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Taiwan, 2012
  9. Best Thesis Award, Institute of Information and Computer Machinery, Taiwan, 2012
  10. MS Student Fellowship, Novatek Inc., Taiwan, 2012
  11. 2nd Place, ACM Student Research Competition Grand Finals, US, 2011
  12. 1st Place Thesis Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Taiwan, 2011
  13. 3rd Place Thesis Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Taiwan, 2011
  14. Best Thesis Award, Institute of Information and Computer Machinery, Taiwan, 2011
  15. Best Thesis Award, IEEE Tainan Section, Taiwan, 2011
  16. 1st Place Thesis Award, Taiwan Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Taiwan, 2011
  17. Ph.D. Student Fellowship, Mediatek Inc., Taiwan, 2012
  18. 4th Place, ACM ICPC Asia Kaohsiung Regional Contest, 2010
  19. 2nd Place, National Collegiate Programming Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2010
  20. 3rd Place, National Collegiate Programming Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2010
  21. Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship, Microsoft, US, 2010
  22. 1st Place, ACM SIGDA Student Research Competition, US, 2010
  23. 5th Place, ACM ISPD High Performance Clock Network Synthesis Contest, 2010
  24. Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship, Microsoft, US, 2010
  25. 1st Place, Nano Device CAD Contest, Nano Device Laboratory, Taiwan, 2009
  26. 3rd Place, National Collegiate Programming Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2009
  27. 1st Place, CAD Programming Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2008
  28. 2nd Place, CAD Programming Contest, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2008